using x11r5 font server

[Christofer Olofsson]

I have tested using a Mandrive 10.2 client which also uses xorg and
the same error appears there.

Should I submit a bug report?

c.

On 6/8/05, Christofer Olofsson <christofer.olofsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> That is not a problem.
> 
> The same setup works on debian boxen with xfree.
> I have port forwarding configured in my .ssh/config which i use across
> several machines.
> 
> If I use the program fslsfonts it works okay, both against an x11r6
> host aswell as the hpux.
> 
> c.
> 
> On 6/7/05, mcnichol at austin.ibm.com <mcnichol at austin.ibm.com> wrote:
> > Check what port the old X11R5 font server on your hpux system is using.
> >
> > I think X11R5 used to default to port 7000.
> >
> > I believe it was sometime during X11R6 that someone officially registered
> > port 7100 for the font server to use.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > > From: Christofer Olofsson <christofer.olofsson at gmail.com>
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'm trying to use a remote hpux xfs as with my xorg on ubuntu install
> > > but it fails with
> > > xset:  bad font path element (#65), possible causes are:
> > >     Directory does not exist or has wrong permissions
> > >     Directory missing fonts.dir
> > >     Incorrect font server address or syntax
> > >
> > > It works using debian and xfree and it also works when i add a font
> > > server on the local lan or localhost forwarded through ssh.
> > >
> > > Is it so that the old x implementation is no longer supported?
> > >
> > > xset "tcp/localhost:port" to hpux 11.11i doesn't work.
> > > xset "tcp/localhost:port" to linux with xfree r6 works.
> > > xset "tcp/ip.addr:port" to linux with xfree r6 works.
> > >
> > >
> > > c.
> >
>